By Deborah Jowitt May 16, 2000

Much postmodern dancing traces its lineage to Steve Paxton, Trisha Brown, and Twyla Tharp. The physical languages they invented in the early 1970s redefined fluidity, subtlety, and complexity. Their audiences had to develop agile eyesthe ability to follow movements tossed about the stage, lighting now on one dancer,... More >>>